The current Israeli leadership, supported by a corrupt world order led by the United States, has turned Jewish identity into a shield for brutality, creating a global moral and political crisis that endangers both Jews and Palestinians.

Shanda meant that whatever it was in the time of Yiddish Culture — it meant anything, any action that would bring shame, disrepute, or collective embarrassment or hatred towards the Jews — and it was something that we should not let the gentiles see, like not airing our dirty laundry in public. This expression is no longer in vogue, but it is a concept that all Jews should revisit, even those who are far from its Yiddish origins and moral lessons.

If you watch the meltdown of the official doublespeak, in both Israel and the US, you’ll see how online influencers are going after one another over support for, or opposition to, Israel, and even the Western mainstream media is getting in on the media feeding frenzy over American and Israeli corrupt politicians, caught in their barefaced shameful lies. You will soon realize that the Western world has created a machine whose behavior goes against every healthy human impulse and everything that means being Jewish and a human being to boot!

Nowhere is this clearer than in Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel, where state power is deployed not only against Palestinians, but against the ethical foundations of Judaism itself. The US-led world order, increasingly exposed as predatory and cynical, has empowered leaders who trade human lives for political survival. In Israel, this has brought us to a breaking point. As a Jew, watching the devastation in Gaza carried out under the banner of “protecting the Jewish state” is not only unbearable—it is a Shanda that stains every one of us, even those who resist.

But we must remember: Jews are not a monolithic entity, and Israel’s corrupt leadership is not the Jewish people. Many within Israel and the diaspora condemn Netanyahu and the weaponization of Jewish identity to excuse brutality. Still, the consequences reverberate globally, fueling antisemitism, distorting public discourse, and dragging Jews into a moral abyss crafted by leaders who demand loyalty while disgracing the very values they claim to defend.

I, as a Jew, refuse to remain silent. This commentary is my effort to reclaim moral clarity in a moment when the world, the media, and far too many politicians and journalists seem determined to abandon it.

In short, as I recently read,

“The US-led World Order has given birth to an out of control monster with an insatiable appetite for human flesh!”

This is especially apparent in Palestine and Israel, and it is especially unacceptable for me as a Jew to witness what is going on under the banner of Judaism and “protecting the State of Israel.” However, I find myself reminding myself not all Jews are the same. There are many people in Israel who condemn Netanyahu, albeit not enough.  Such corruption, his rabid policies, and everything his government has done in the name of protecting Jews and Israeli statehood are an abomination. However, at least in theory, you cannot judge an entire nation, its culture, or........

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